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snapshot(dictionary)

snapshot (iou)



snapshot noun & verb. E19.
[from SNAP- + SHOT noun1.]
A. noun.
a. A quick or hurried shot fired without deliberate aim, esp. at a rising bird or quickly moving animal. E19.
b. A person who fires such shots. M19.
A casual photograph, esp. one taken with a small camera. L19.
S. Bedford She showed me snapshots of herself lying in a gondola. fig.: Business The results of the poll are not a forecast, they are a snapshot in time. attrib.: Professional Photographer Designers use cameras to record details, often in snapshot style.
b. Computing. A record of the contents of the storage locations in a computer at a given time. M20.
Sport. A quick shot at goal. M20.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Infl. -tt-. Take a snapshot (of) with a camera. L19.
W. de Morgan No interesting girls..whom he could have snap-shotted..as models.
snapshotter noun a person who takes snapshots L19.